Land Development Agency Act 2021

Register of Relevant Public Land

50. (1) The Agency shall establish and maintain a register (in this Act referred to as the “Register”) of all relevant public land and land owned by the Agency or a subsidiary DAC, to be known as the Register of Relevant Public Land.

(2) The Agency shall as soon as practicable after the coming into operation of this section—

(a) enter in the Register such of the information specified in subsection (3) as is in the Agency’s possession or control, and

(b) where necessary, request the information specified in subsection (3) from a relevant public body and, on receipt of that information, enter it in the Register.

(3) The following, identifying relevant public land and land owned by the Agency or a subsidiary DAC, shall be entered in the Register:

(a) a description, including area and location, of the land;

(b) an ordnance map drawn to such scale as is appropriate, or other suitable map approved by the Agency, showing the relevant public land;

(c) information as to whether or not the relevant public land or land owned by the Agency or a subsidiary DAC is land—

(i) referred to in section 75 (1),

(ii) which has been exempted from the provisions of Part 9 under section 75 (2),

(iii) referred to in section 75 (1) and to which either an order under section 77 applies or regulations under section 78 apply.

(4) A relevant public body shall furnish to the Agency information in its possession or control, requested by the Agency under subsection (2) (b), within eight weeks of receipt of the request.

(5) The Register shall be published and made available for inspection by the Agency on its website.

(6) A relevant public body shall, in relation to an entry in the Register relating to relevant public land owned by the body, give notice to the Agency of—

(a) an error that the relevant public body knows of in the entry, and

(b) a change in circumstances that is likely to have a bearing on the accuracy of the entry,

as soon as practicable after the relevant public body becomes aware of the error or change in circumstances and the Agency shall, as soon as practicable, correct the error or record the change in circumstances.

(7) The Agency shall, in relation to an entry in the Register of land owned by it or a subsidiary DAC, correct an error that it becomes aware of or record a change in circumstances that is likely to have a bearing on the accuracy of the entry.

(8) Notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law, the Property Registration Authority, Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Valuation Office shall each, upon a request from the Agency, provide to the Agency such information in their possession or control as the Agency may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling the Agency to perform its functions under this section.

(9) No fee shall be charged by the Property Registration Authority, Ordnance Survey Ireland or the Valuation Office for or relating to the provision of information to the Agency under subsection (8).